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biomedical science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 398 biomedical science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Developing multiplexed point-of-care biosensors to guide surgical and antimicrobial decisions in the acute abdomen

A surgeon opens the abdomen of an emergency patient and has minutes to decide whether a length of bowel will survive. Get it right and the patient keeps their gut. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Sharma , Mr A Chan, Prof C Halloran, Dr D Cocker, Mr C Macutkiewicz
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing smart biomaterials for Osteoarthritis using human ex vivo culture testing platforms (in collaboration with Orthoson Ltd.) (C3.5-SMP-Le Maitre)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof CLM Le Maitre, Prof C Brockett, Dr G McDermott
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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New pharmacological tools for targeting P2X receptors in cancer (STOKESL_U27SCI)

Primary Supervisor - Dr Leanne Stokes. There is a growing literature documenting the exploitation of ion channels by cancer cells. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Stokes
 24 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Understanding How Blood Vessel Cells Communicate in Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and aortic aneurysms develop when communication between cells in the blood vessel wall becomes disrupted. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JSC Serbanovic-Canic, Dr V Ridger
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Reliable detection of cognitive and affective states from biomedical signals

Supervisors. Dr Christoph Tremmel, Dr Nathan Huneke and Professor Stefan Bleeck. Biomedical signals such as electroencephalography (EEG) are widely used to human cognition, physiology, and brain-computer interfaces. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Tremmel
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Human tissue models of bladder cancer initiation to guide new prevention strategies

Lead supervisor: Dr Simon Baker. Co-supervisors.  Prof Will Brackenbury. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Baker, Prof W Brackenbury
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Queen Mary University of London: Barts Charity Doctoral Training Programme

Fully Funded Four Year PhD Studentships in Biomedical Research. Queen Mary University of London is a Russell Group University located in East London. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme
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The AITHYRA International PhD Call in AI for Biomedicine (all genders)

AITHYRA, the Research Institute for Biomedical Artificial Intelligence of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna will open a call for PhD students in September 2026. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Austria PhD Programme
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Microneedles for transdermal delivery of long-acting biologics

  Research Group: Dermal Drug Delivery & Diagnostics Laboratory
Long‑acting delivery of biologic therapeutics is widely recognised as a major unmet need in modern healthcare. Biologic drugs, including peptides, proteins and nucleic acid‑based medicines, are increasingly used to treat chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative conditions and metabolic disorders. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Wooi Ng, Dr K Novakovic
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Point-of-care platelet diagnostics

Project Overview. Platelets are small blood cells that play a vital role in the chronic and acute progression of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), but also have roles in immunity, inflammation, cancer metastasis, Alzheimer's disease and a range of infections, such as dengue, HIV-1, malaria, and COVID-19. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CI Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Developing Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Investigate EpiGenomic Regulatory Logic in Healthy and Disease States

We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join The Computational Biology and Biomedical AI group led by Dr Shamith Samarajiwa (Associate Professor in Genomics), Imperial College London. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Samarajiwa
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Digital Biomarkers for Mobility Decline and Falls in Dementia

Supervisory team. Prof Michael Hornberger (Applied Dementia Research, Clinical & Experimental Sciences) and Prof Liudi Jiang (Biomedical Engineering); Faculty of Engineering. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Hornberger
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Joint PhD Scholarship: Sheffield Hallam University and La Trobe University, Australia. Project: Predictive Modelling of Football Ball Parameters and Injury Risk during Head Contact Events

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship on the Joint PhD programme between Sheffield Hallam University and La Trobe University, Australia. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Mills, Dr L Foster
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Bowel cancer caused by bacteria

The gut microbiome has a profound effect on health and disease of humans and colorectal cancer (CRC) is one such disease influenced by microorganisms. Several studies have demonstrated that Streptococcus gallolyticus subsps. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S R Clarke, Prof P R Dash
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Deconstructing biofilms

Lead supervisor. Dr Agnes Noy. Co-supervisors. Dr Martin Fascione and Prof Gavin Thomas. The student will be registered with the Department of Physics, Engineering and Technology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AN Noy, Prof M A Fascione, Prof G Thomas
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only